Display stand



April 19, 1938.

w. P. SCHQTT DISPLAY STAND 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed June 25, 1936 PatentedApr. 19, 1938 UNITED STATES DISPLAY STAND William P. Schott, RockvilleCentre, N. Y., assignor to Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, Incorporated, NewYork, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application June 25, 1936, SerialNo. 87,131

1 Claim. (01. 211-45) This invention relates to a stand adapted for thedisplaying of goods in cans, or other packages, which are of such formand size that they may be placed upon horizontal racks.

5 The object of the invention is to produce a stand, for the purpose inquestion, which is of simple and inexpensive but strong construction,and particularly of a construction which permits the parts of the standto be folded and laid comlo pactly against each other for purposes ofshipment and storage, and to be quickly and easily arranged andinterlocked with each other when the stand is to be used.

To the foregoing ends, the stand is constructed 1:, with four legs,pivotally connected at the top in pairs and transversely braced bysuitable tie bars, and with any convenient number of horizontal racks,which are supported upon the legs and so formed as to provide suitablesupport for rows 20 of cans or the like. The racks interlock with lugsor projections on the legs in such a manner that the legs are bracedfirmly in proper relative position so long as the racks are in placethereon.

The invention is more particularly described in Fig. 1 is an endelevation of the stand, with the parts in position for use, portionsbeing shown as broken away to reveal the construction more clearly; Fig.2.is a side elevation of the stand, with a portion of one rack shown asbroken away; Fig. 3 is an end elevation showing the legs when arrangedin folded position; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the racks;and Fig. 5 is a detail view showing a modified form of construction forsupporting the racks and interlocking them with the legs.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention the legs iii are formedof angle iron and are 40 pivoted together in pairs, at their upper ends,

through the mediation of short links H. The

corresponding legs at each side of the stand are rigidly and permanentlyinter-connected by horizontal bars l2 fixed to the legs in anyconvenient 45 manner as, for example, by spot welding.

As shown in the drawings the stand is provided with three horizontalracks, differing in dimensicns but all similar in construction. Eachrack comprises two parallel end bars I 3 connected by two outer parallelside bars l4 and inner parallel bars i5. As shown in Fig. 4 the bars l3and it are formed from a continuous strip of metal and the bars l5attached rigidly to the bars I! by welding or otherwise. The dimensionof the rectangular space enclosed between the bars i5 and the bars I! issuch that these members surround and closely embrace the four legs atthe level at which the rack is to be supported. For the purpose ofsupporting the racks the legs are connection with the embodiment thereofillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which provided, as shown inFigs. 1 to 3 inclusive, with upwardly projecting lugs ii on their faces,these lugs being conveniently, though not necessarily, formed by cuttingand bending portions of the webs of the angle irons, as shown. When anyone of the racks is passed over the legs and engaged with thecorresponding lugs the inter-engagement of the rack and the lugs notonly supports the rack, but also looks the legs in properly extended andbraced position for use. on the other hand, when the stand is to bepacked for storage or shipment the legs and the cross bars I! may bemoved into compact parallel position,

as shown in Fig. 3, and the several racks may be packed flat against thesides of the leg members. The drawings show a number of larger andsmaller cans I! and I8 supported upon the stand in inclined position.The inner angle of each can, at the bottom,lies between the bars I andii of the rack, while the upper part of the can rests against one of thecross bars l2, which are located at such heights as to be convenient forthis purpose.

Fig. 5 shows a slightly modified form of construction in which, in placeof the lugs l6 projecting from the faces of the legs and cooperatingwith the bars ii, "there are short pins I! projecting from the surfacesof the legs at the proper heights and cooperating with the bars ll ofthe racks. These bars are notched, as shown, to provide seats for thepins l9 and thus lock the legs in extended position.

I claim as my invention:

A display stand for cans or the like comprising, in combination, twopairs of legs, the legs of each pair being pivotally connected at thetop,

horizontal cross members rigidly fixed to and in- .terconnecting thecorresponding legs of the two pairs, and a rack consisting of bars lyingsubstantially in a common plane and rigidly conallel bars, and two endbars respectively connecting the corresponding ends of the parallelbars, so that the end bars and the inner parallel bars constitute asubstantially rectangular frame of dimensions such that it may surroundand embrace the legs when they are spread apart angularly, andprojections on the legs, intermediate their ends and all in a comonplane, engageable with said rectangular frame to support the same on thelegs in horizontal position, said pro- Jections and said frame beingformed and arranged to be inter-locked against relative horizontalmovement by lowering the frame over the legs when the legs aresufliciently spread and to prevent pivotal movement of the legs towardeach other when the rack is in position thereon.

WILLIAM P. SCHO'I'I.

